Articles About Antioch College :: Page 24

• Antioch’s ‘white knight’ moves

  By Megan BachmanDecember 23, 2010

  

  Departing Antioch College Interim President Matthew Derr never tired or wavered in his successful three-year effort to save his alma mater. Now Derr makes way for incoming president Mark Roosevelt, who starts on Jan. 1.

• A farewell to Matthew Derr

  By Megan BachmanDecember 14, 2010

  

  At a reception for departing Antioch College interim president Matthew Derr last week, college staff praised him for his patience, unswerving leadership and unflagging optimism.

• Vectren grants $25,000 to Glen Helen Ecology Institute

  By YS News StaffNovember 23, 2010

  

  Schoolchildren throughout the Miami Valley will have new opportunities to learn in Glen Helen, thanks to a partnership announced on Nov. 15 between Vectren and Antioch College.

• VIDEO – Dayton Mandolin Orchestra plays Garcia’s “Passages through Mexico”

  By Megan BachmanNovember 9, 2010

  

  On Sunday, Nov. 7, at a joint concert with an orchestra from Kalamazoo, Mich., the Dayton Mandolin Orchestra played three songs written by locally-born composer Victor Garcia Jr., “Passages through Mexico.” See the video here.

• Founders Day events celebrate Antioch College

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 13, 2010

  

  Antioch College invites the community to join in the Founders Day celebration this weekend, Oct. 15–16, to celebrate the college’s revival.

• One year in, college is primed for students

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 7, 2010

  On a recent tour to recruit new students, Antioch College Admissions Director Kristen Pett found that the revived college, set to open its doors to students next fall, has plenty of well-wishers.

• Antioch College presidential candidate to visit

  By Diane ChiddisterOctober 6, 2010

  

  Mark Roosevelt, a finalist for the position of Antioch College president, will visit the Antioch campus next Wednesday and Thursday, Oct. 13–14, to meet with the college and Yellow Springs communities.

• Alum brings innovative theater

  By Megan BachmanAugust 12, 2010

  As an Antioch student in the mid-1980s, Mark Greenfield staged theater productions on the college golf course, inside the mail room, and during board of trustees’ meetings. Now Greenfield returns to Yellow Springs to teach a workshop on producing theater in non-traditional and outdoor settings and put on Oedipus Rex in the Antioch amphitheater.

• Antioch alum presents theater workshop, Oedipus Rex

  By Megan Bachman

  

  Antioch alum Mark Greenfield returns to Yellow Springs to host a workshop on putting on theater productions in outdoor and non-traditional venues and to stage his rendition of “Oedipus Rex” in the Antioch amphitheater.

• Steve Schwerner receives Antioch alumni award

  By Megan BachmanJune 19, 2010

  

  Former Antioch professor and dean of students Steve Schwerner received the J.D. Dawson award at this year’s alumni reunion for his decades of service to the college.